Surname Шаффер (Schaffer 
, Shaffer 
, Chaffer 
) , all over the world, is a common cognomen. The surname Шаффер is characteristic of Greenland, where it is a common surname, Austria, where it is quite a common surname, and the United States (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, Germany, and Austria.